Sartika Soesilowati, - and I. BASIS SUSILO, - and H. Jusuf Irianto (2018) Assessing Non Traditional Security Issues between Indonesia and Australia Case Study: Food Security. Laporan Penelitian. UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA, SURABAYA. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This final year research evaluates the relationships between Indonesia and Australi a, part icularly to examine the issue of non tradit ional security issues whi ch is considered become increasing significant in understanding the comprehensive character of the bilateral relations between the two countries recentl y. In order to explain more comprehensive nature of current type o f relat ionship in non trad itional securities, this research examines the issue of refuges and asylum seeker between the two countries. This particularly aims to assess an effort of collaborative action conducted between Indonesia and Australia in handling the in nux of refuges and asylum seekers who mc curren tly mostly coming from some prolonged connflict area in Middle East, Africa and Asia. The two countries has managed the refugees and asylum seekers in various level, di rectly and indirectly. There is significance for Indonesia and Australia to cooperate in handling refugees and asylum seeker who are intensively coming to both neighboring countries. Currently, due to prolonged conflicts in various parts of the world part icularly from Middle East, asylum seeker arc overflowing into the territory of Indonesia and Australia which are bordered by each other. The arrival of refugees or asylum seekers in Indonesia aim to go Australia as the destination country or to stay in Indonesia contemporary as a transit country have made disputes for both countries such as: who has most responsible and how to treat them correspond to the national interest and security. Austral ia finnly refuses to accommodate those who come in signi ficant numbers in their terri tory. Whereas most of the asylum seekers aim to go to Australia as their destin ation. In fact, most of the asylum seekers and refugees are li ving in temporary shelters in Indonesia as a transit country, while Indonesia is not the main desti nation for them. In addition, Indonesia also did not feel obliged to signifi cantly look after the asylum seeker or refugees because Indonesia did not sign the Vienna Convention on state obligations to assist and pro vide a place for the asylum seekers. In this context, thi s study demonstrates both the ex tent and the limits of Indonesia and Australia in border co ntrol cooperation. It also examines bilateral policies to respond the issue of asylum seeker and refugees. This analyses related issue through several quest ions namely: I) What arc the differenecs on poli cies and action that the two countries arc responding to the iss lics of asylum seekers and refugees? 3) How do Australia and Indonesia create bilateral outcomes with respect to its national security?; 2) What and how do collaboration between Indonesia and Australia accommodate the solution of asylum seeker and refugees problems? In order to explain the issue, this research examines Indonesian and Australian poli cies in handling the arrival of asylum seeker in the territorial waters of Indonesia or Australi a; 2) This study also collect necessary data from some important transit area of asylum seeker and refugees in Makasar, South Sulawesi and Bangil, East Java Province, Indonesia. This research employs descriptive and quali tative methods. It combines tracing stlldy method for examining chronological events. It also applies combination of structural interview techniques and in dept interview.Through the various method, this study aims not only 10 examine thoroughly the problems and issues of refugees between Indonesia and Australia, but it also to discover a model or modification concept for sustainable bilateral relations between Indonesia and Australia.

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